This biologist built a living robot from frog cells — and it could hold the key to the future of regenerative medicine:This interview is an episode …

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This Video is about Michael Levin, a professor of biology at Tufts University and the Wyss Institute at Harvard, who is working on diverse intelligence in natural, artificial, and hybrid systems. He is particularly focused on the potential of biorobotics for repairing birth defects and lost organs or limbs as well as reprogramming tumors back to normal. His research involves exploring competencies of cells so that it can lead to communication with the collective intelligence of the cells in order to build a healthy organ. He proposes taking advantage of native competencies rather than trying to micromanage gene expression, stem cell activity and other complex states like regrowing lost limbs or providing new eyes. His work includes engineering Xenobots which are built from frog skin cells that self-assemble into robots with tendencies for movement and even self-replication without needing instructions from a genome. The Video highlights that this technology provides a playground for learning morphogenesis informations such as prompting systems and understanding its capabilities while being aware of potential ethical concerns related to its use.

Keywords: regenerative medicine, diverse intelligence, biorobotics platform, Xenobot, morphogenesis

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